They may use a nerve block to help diagnose glossopharyngeal neuralgia and also help reduce pain. ... Glossopharyngeal nerve as a source of orofacial pain - Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

The glossopharyngeal nerve, which is also called the ninth cranial nerve, has both sensory (sensation) functions and motor (movement) functions in the body, as well as specialized sensory function ...

She underwent a microvascular decompression craniotomy, a brain surgery where a surgeon works carefully to move the blood vessel pressing on the glossopharyngeal nerve. But it didn't work, and ...